Abstract
The current chapter aims to provide an overview of acute and chronic effects of exercise on important mental health outcomes (e.g. stress, anxiety, depression, cognitive function, and psychological well-being). A relatively brief synopsis is provided for each in addition to exemplar studies of the current state of knowledge about acute and chronic effects of exercise on each of these outcomes. Most of these outcomes are treated in much more detail in other contributions to this volume and we refer the reader to those where appropriate. In addition, we provide what we think are important implications in each of these areas for health care practitioners (e.g. physicians, physician’s assistants, nurses and nurse practitioners, personal trainers) as well as implications for those working in primary and secondary school settings (e.g. administrators, teachers).
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | The Exercise Effect on Mental Health |
| Subtitle of host publication | Neurobiological Mechanisms |
| Editors | Henning Budde, Mirko Wegner |
| Publisher | CRC Press |
| Pages | 442-476 |
| Number of pages | 35 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781498739528 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781498739511, 9780815348863 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2018 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine
- General Health Professions
- General Neuroscience